Texans CB Robinson was fined $25,000 for conduct detrimental to the team

For wearing a pair of “pay me Rick” shoes during Sunday’s game, the Houston Texans cornerback Dunta Robinson will have to pay $25,000 to the team, because his conduct was considered to be “detrimental” to the team.

The shoes targeted general manager Rick Smith, who did not give Robinson a long-term contract despite signing his franchise tender more than a week ago. As starter in Sunday’s game against the New York Jets, Robinson failed to lead the team to a victory, partly because he had less than a week of practice before the game.

Robinson told reporters that he accepted the punishment and would pay the fine, but he would like to have talk with Smith about donating the money to a Boys and Girls Club or a needy family.

Texans QB Grossman will miss a month for injury

The Houston Texans will have to look for another quarterback to fill the spot left by Rex Grossman, who will be out for about a month because he got a hamsting injury in Saturday’s preseason opener against the Chiefs.

The players injured on Saturday night included safety Troy Nolan and fullback Boomer Grigsby. Nolan is a rookie seventh-round pick and will have surgery to repair a broken hand on Monday. Grigsby will also not be available to play in texans jersey for around a month with a high ankle sprain.

As Houston’s third quarterback and the former Bears starter, Grossman helped the Texans win over the Chiefs on Saturday night. Coach Gary Kubiak said that with only Matt Schaub and backup Dan Orlovsky it is not enough to finish the preseason with good score. The team is considering to get Alex Brink back. Brink was playing for the team last season.

Houston Texans: The evolution of the defense

We just can’t help thinking about the Texans about when they’ll start to play a brand of defense that is strong enough to compete in the AFC South.

The Texans have already done good on their offense, no doubt that they have enough playmakers at the skill positions to put points on the board. However, without a defense, the Texans will never become a good team we expect they to be. It would be worse if their players choose to wear jets jersey.

It’s natural for defenses to be ahead of offenses in terms of development in August and the first couple of weeks of the regular season. But in Houston, this defense has been known to start slowly and take time to develop throughout the regular season. Then the Texans usually find themselves fighting uphill to get back in the division race. But it seems not easy for them to start fast. Hope is there since they do have some big-name players such as Mario Williams, Amobi Okoye, Dunta Robinson and DeMeco Ryan. They will step up and help this defense become a playmaking defense.